PERRY, GA – House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta) recently won the title of Grand Champion at the second annual Legislative Livestock Showdown. This event was held Saturday, October 6 at the Georgia National Fair in Perry, GA. Continue reading “Rep. Stacey Abrams Wins Grand Champion Title at the Second Annual Legislative Livestock Showdown”
House Budget Initiative Helps Improve Access to Farm Labor
ATLANTA – House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England (R-Auburn) announced today that the Georgia Department of Agriculture has hired two farm labor specialists who are already on the job and working with farmers to employ legal farm labor through the H-2a and H-1b federal temporary employment programs. These specialists were hired using $75,000 in funding that the House added to the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s budget in the Fiscal Year 2012 amended budget. Continue reading “House Budget Initiative Helps Improve Access to Farm Labor”